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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1917
Page
2
Poetic lines recount a meeting of two strangers who recall past joy and faith yet find it irrevocably dead. The piece contrasts yesterday with today, using themes of memory, longing, and failed communication across distant, alien eyes. It appears to be a fragment from Alice V Felicita Corey in Century.
Jefferson County representative F. P. Mowery lives in a township largely owned by five or six men. Neighbors who are bachelors own about 1100 acres. He says he will introduce a bill requiring bachelors to pay 500 dollars yearly to support old maids.
Miss Lucile Allerdice spent Sunday at her Glendale home. Mrs. Norvell Barr and her Libertyville children visit Emma Brewer. Miss Helen Mitchell returned to Ottumwa after a visit here. George Israel shows improvement at Jefferson County Hospital. Leland Lessenger returned from Mt. Pleasant. Charles McCampbell visited friends in Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Spratt and daughter Louise of Lew Van Bask Canada stay with B. F. Murphy in Richwoods. Karl Metcalf on a Birmingham trip. Ina Crone visited Washington over Sunday. Rena Hook of Lowkridge spent Saturday with aunt Dr Iona Miller. Ed Murdock visited Ottumwa friends yesterday. Cecil Despain is ill west of town. Mrs. James Hammon ill on East Burlington. Clyde McKain of Omaha arrives for weeks with J. R. McKain family. Parsons College basketball team travels to Monmouth Illinois to play Monmouth College. players Carroll Keeney Park Russell Glenn Gantz Wade Flinspach Raymond Zeigler John Edri ck Chas Sanger Harold Self.
Dustin Farnum stars in a Pallas Paramount photoplay set in Ireland and city police life. The story follows Dennis O Hara, the fearless son of Erin, from humble beginnings toward dignity, with Farnum delivering a strong, compelling performance.
The Iowa general assembly opened its third week with both houses at 10 o clock. Absent members, pending bills, and subcommittee approved measures mark a slow start as no passage bills yet. Caswell repeal of the anti lip ping law to be considered in the senate. The week expects no large volume of bills before Thursday and no afternoon sessions soon, with many bills likely to be killed in committee. The key action anticipated is the prohibition amendment submission resolution by the house Thursday morning.
Jefferson County Equal Suffrage Association asks the Iowa General Assembly to amend the state constitution to give women the right to vote and support extending suffrage to women. In Fort Madison a reclamation company works on seventeen square miles of land, with a project cost near a million dollars.
London reports a Amsterdam dispatch stating beer is very scarce in Berlin. Bottled beer is nearly unobtainable due to limited barley allocations to brewers. Only small amounts reach restaurants and meals, with remaining beer reserved for workers performing hard physical tasks.
Harold W. Jirka a Chicago attorney faces a charge of threatening extortion in Cedar Rapids Iowa Governor Lowden has approved Iowa extradition papers. State's Attorney Lockwood says Junkerman a wealthy druggist gave Jirka two notes for 10000 dollars to keep quiet about alleged crimes Jirka threatened to expose.
James Nolan of Morrisons was fined 50 dollars plus costs after killing a female bear out of season while two cubs were nearby. He returned home to fetch his rifle, killed the bear, and then fed the cubs milk before state game warden Hogarth arrested him. The cubs were taken into custody.
iN SOCIETY lists social events and meetings across local clubs. A surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carter accompanies farewells as they plan to move. Rena Johnson receives a shower before her upcoming marriage. Fraternal Aid and B A Y clubs schedule important meetings. Dr Effie McCullom Jones speaks on equal suffrage for P E O Society.
Word arrived of the death of Forrest Clinkenbeard in Iowa City where he had been ill with pneumonia for two weeks. He was 23, a local high school graduate and Parsons student, who had recently owned part of a restaurant in Iowa City. He leaves his mother and several siblings. Funeral arrangements await Smery Clinkenbeard’s arrival.
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